IP Library Granted Patent US 7,511,393
Granted Patent B2
US 7,511,393 · App. 11/409,982 · Granted Mar 31, 2009

Motor and brush holder thereof

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Patent No.
US 7,511,393
App. No.
11/409,982
Granted
Mar 31, 2009
Kind
B2
Abstract

A brush holder of a motor is provided with a holder body portion and a connector portion, which are integrally formed from a resin. The holder body portion is installed in a yoke housing of the motor to hold a brush to be in slide contact with a commutator. The connector portion is connected with an external connector to energize an armature. A grounding terminal is embedded in brush holder to extend from the holder body portion to the connector portion to be connected to a grounding line of the external connector. A capacitor is installed on the holder body portion to connect a point on a power supply terminal between the connector portion and the brush to the grounding terminal.

Claims (20)

1. A motor comprising:

an armature that has a rotation shaft and a commutator;

a yoke housing that houses the armature to be rotatable about the rotation shaft;

a brush holder provided with a holder body portion that is installed in the yoke housing to hold a brush to be in slide contact with the commutator, and a connector portion that is connected with an external connector to energize the armature, the holder body portion and the connector portion integrally formed from a resin;

a grounding terminal that is embedded in brush holder to extend from the holder body portion to the connector portion to be connected to a grounding line of the external connector; and

a capacitor that is installed on the holder body portion to connect a point on a power supply terminal between the connector portion and the brush to the grounding terminal.

2. The motor according to claim 1 , wherein the power supply terminal is embedded in the brush holder to extend from the holder body portion to the connector portion.

3. The motor according to claim 1 , wherein the grounding terminal has a yoke connecting portion which is not covered by the brush holder to be in contact with the yoke housing.

4. The motor according to claim 3 , further comprising:

a speed reduction gears that decelerates a rotation of the rotation shaft; and

a gear housing that houses the speed reduction gears and is connected to the yoke housing,

wherein: the brush holder is further provided with a seal member that is formed from an elastic body clamed in a connection portion of the yoke housing and the gear housing and is formed from an elastic body to securely seal the connection portion; and

the yoke connecting portion is retracted from a surface of the seal member in accordance with a compression amount of the seal member clamped in the connection portion.

5. The motor according to claim 1 , wherein the capacitor includes at least a three-terminal capacitor.

6. The motor according to claim 1 , further comprising a switch that switches a polarity of the power supply terminal to energize the armature.

7. A brush holder of a motor having a yoke housing that houses an armature to be rotatable about an rotation shaft, and a gear housing that is connected to the yoke housing to house a speed reduction gears for decelerating a rotation of the rotation shaft, the brush holder being provided with:

a holder body portion that is installed in the yoke housing to hold a brush to be in slide contact with the commutator;

a connector portion that is connected with an external connector to energize the armature, the holder body portion and the connector portion being integrally formed from a resin;

a grounding terminal that is embedded in the holder body portion and the connector portion to extend from the holder body portion to the connector portion to be connected to a grounding line of the external connector; and

a capacitor that is installed on the holder body portion to connect a point on a power supply terminal between the connector portion and the brush to the grounding terminal.

Assignments (2)
MERGER Recorded Sep 18, 2018
From: ASMO CO., LTD.
To: DENSO CORPORATION
Reel/Frame 047570/0538 →
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Apr 25, 2006
From: MIZUTANI, NOBUO
To: ASMO CO. LTD.
Reel/Frame 017815/0209 →